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Dems win land commissioner race, all other statewide offices
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netA statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Democrats swept statewide races on Election Day, and will control not just the governor’s office and all of the executive...
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‘Cranes are our fall gods’
Laura Paskus / New Mexico Political ReportA sandhill crane. COMMENTARY: I’ve given a handful of presentations about water, climate change and politics in quick succession over the past few weeks....
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Federal report details how climate change will impact U.S. economy,...
Laura Paskus / New Mexico Political ReportA former conifer forest in the Jemez Mountains, with the Rio Grande’s Cochiti Resevoir in the background. Climate change is here. It’s human-caused. And it’s...
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Air, land and water won big in the 2018 midterm election
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netThe Organ Mountains in southern New Mexico COMMENTARY: Our air, land and water won big in the 2018 midterm election, especially here in New Mexico. New Mexico voters...
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Surge of oil and gas flowing to Texas coastline triggers building boom, tensions
Kevin Clancy / NewsyA brown pelican perches on a fishing pier, damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, in Port Aransas, Texas, on June 6, 2018. In the background stand three offshore oil rigs. PORT...
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Congress’ inaction could endanger NM’s parks and monuments
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netThe Organ Mountains in southern New Mexico COMMENTARY: One of the best things about living in New Mexico is the abundance of great natural beauty and opportunities to...
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Wrangling the Gila’s deadline
Laura Paskus / New Mexico Political ReportThe Gila River in southwestern New Mexico, downstream from Bill Evans Reservoir. Fourteen years after Congress authorized New Mexico to trade 14,000 acre feet...
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The U.S. is helping the natural gas industry profit — at the expense of the...
Kevin Clancy / NewsyA carrier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is docked at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on July 6. Cheniere is the largest U.S. exporter of LNG. Last...
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Revised Clean Water Rule leaves out most of NM’s waterways
Laura Paskus / New Mexico Political ReportWaterways like Almagre Arroyo (pictured here last summer after a rainstorm) in northern New Mexico would not be protected from pollution under the Trump...
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Oil leases bring jobs — and strains — to southeast NM
Don Usner / Searchlight New MexicoPump jacks between Lovington and Artesia. LOVINGTON — The 61-mile drive on U.S. 82 from Artesia to this southeast New Mexico town crosses the heart of the Permian...
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How best to share the disappearing Colorado River
Johanna Madjedi / flickr ccThe agreement to keep Lake Powell above the critical levels aims to prevent smaller releases to Lake Mead that would affect Lower Basin States. As early as 2020, hydrologists...
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Federal shutdown wallops workers, leaves public lands open for drilling
New Mexico Political ReportThe offices are closed at Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Last week, while New Mexicans orchestrated New Year’s Eve celebrations around snowstorm warnings from the...
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Ambitious renewable energy goals on deck as new political era dawns in NM
PNMPNM’s South Valley Solar Energy Center, one of 15 solar sites the company has built since 2011. New Mexico was in the first wave of states to require gradually increasing amounts of renewable energy...
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Q&A: New NMED boss brings a commitment ‘to go big on environmental issues’
Laura Paskus / New Mexico Political ReportJames Kenney Last week, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced more executive appointments, including James Kenney as Secretary of the New Mexico Environment...
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Professor warns legislators to get serious on climate change
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netThe Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Walk around the Capitol, and much of the talk is about an oil boom that is buoying the state’s finances, providing more money for schools and...
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Bill seeks changes to state renewable energy standard
Sandia National LaboratoriesTurbines at the New Mexico Wind Energy Center, located 170 miles southeast of Albuquerque. Ask representatives from New Mexico’s three public utility companies if they’re...
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For Haaland, climate change is ‘worth losing sleep over’
Courtesy photoDeb Haaland Elected in November to represent New Mexico’s First Congressional District, Rep. Deb Haaland is among the first of two Native women to join the U.S. Congress. Focusing on her...
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Governor adds NM to states supporting Paris climate pact
Office of the GovernorGov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, shown here delivering her State of the State Address earlier this month. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed up New Mexico to support the 2015 Paris...
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NM should create an office of outdoor recreation
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netThe historic Topp Hut structure in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. COMMENTARY: Outdoor recreation activities and associated expenditures by people...
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Finding clarity about America in the desert
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netBarrel cactus in the desert east of Las Cruces. COMMENTARY: I’ve spent lots of time in the desert east of Las Cruces lately, hunting, hiking and exploring. I’ve...
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